I met Craig Charles years ago in Matthew Street, Liverpool. He was doing a radio show interview with some guy; I waited until he finished and asked if I could have a photo with him, he through his arm around me and said sure! He was so nice, humble & down to earth; it made my day that.
Steve Device to each their own my good man. I personally feel the two are hallmarks of classic British wit, and both have aged well. I’ll take exception to “lowbrow shit” though. I think the humour is right up there, and yet is still only a veneer for what is a very decent piece of sci-fi. Although I’ll grant the brand new red dwarf shows have lost something.
@@thebadnotes7628 Low brow is probably a bit harsh lol.. But it is very shallow compared to say, Fawlty Towers or Black Books. I'll save low brow for the banal and repetitive Little Britain hahah
@@stevedevice1866 Lowbrow is a bit harsh but you're standing firm with the shit part - kind of sounds like you really do hate RD. So why did you even click on the video? Hope you didn't waste 24 and a half minutes of your life watching it.
ABSURDITY is what makes Blackadder, Red Dwarf, and Monty Python work. The closest American comedy was early Saturday Night Live. Maybe Mary Hartman. When Cat said, "Uh-oh, I better make myself look big," in the first episode, I knew it was going to be good.
I’m 22 and was shown red dwarf by my dad when I was about 12 and i still believe it is the greatest show of all time. I can’t count the amount of times I’ve rewatched all the series back to back
I have fond memories of Red Dwarf. My brother is 10 years older than me. So when this came on TV he was 11. And he started recording them off TV. We had 1-6 on VHS, then I took over from 7... But 8 was the last we recorded. We watched them so much throughout the 90's the tapes were so fuzzy because they were all worn out.
It is one of the funniest shows from the 80 and 90 es. I remember how I was waiting for the next show and never being disappointed always making me laugh with tears coming out of my eyes.Even now after watching it over and over again "Red Dwarf" still makes me laugh
The lines the writers put down are timeless and will never be beaten. The accidental nomination process of the actors were spot on . RED Dwarfer for life !.
I remember the first series or two being shown midweek and watching it with my Dad and being able to forget about the shit which was to come to next day at school, and this theme tune summed up that feeling. Happy and sad.
i fondly remember a microbioogist friend telling me that there was a new sci-fi comedy airing for the 1st time on ABC TV (Australia) several days before it aired, luckily i was able to talk my siblings into giving it a go. we all became instant fans and never missed an episode, but we couldn't wait for reruns because we missed so much just from laughing.
It’s crazy hearing the different minds that go into producing a show. For as much crap as we give executives, that Guy definitely expresses an intelligence in being able to recognize talent
I adored this series in the 90s. For some reason it aired at a ridicilous time in my country, like 6:30 am or something, and I actually set my alarm clock just so I can catch the new episode. I'm not so keen about the reboots though. It's like one of your favorite rock bands of the 80s still performing, and while it's nice to still be able to watch them, it's somehow not the same and is maybe slightly ruining your nostalgic perception of what they used to be.
When I first started watching it in 2001 in my first year of high school, the re-run were on a Friday night at 11:30pm on UKTV on Sky. New Zealand rerun TV at the time was horrible.
Because no matter how anybody envisioned lister being before they even thought about casting him, he was already lister.. he's just the embodiment of that character and for someone who never acted he brought him to life so well.. hats off to you sir
So many amazing actors that were up for the show, and the still picked the best ones for the job.......................This is why I think the UK have the best actors in the world.....
why do you think US writers could not do something like red dwarf? it think it would be completely possible for any good writer with an interest in producing this type of show to do it. what I would agree with you is that US TV executives would not let a show like red dwarf live. look what they did to firefly
Quark (1977) Futurama (1999) Firefly (2002) Other Space (2015) The Orville (2017) Oops sorry you only asked for one. Oh almost forgot Andromida (2005) with Kevin Sorbo, that was supposed to be a comedy right?
The US pilot of Red Dwarf was a failure because they tried to twist the show into a standard US sitcom (in terms of the rhythms used, not the 'in space' bit). Take the scene where Holly tells Lister that he's been in stasis for 3 million years. On the UK version, Lister is genuinely in disbelief and shock. In the the US version, Lister says, ".....my baseball cards must be worth a FORTUNE!" An out-of-place line if ever there was one.
@@brianm2881 I mean, Lister has a one-liner in the original version there too ("I've still got that library book!")... the delivery of the baseball card line is just bad. Maybe the U.S. version would have been improved had the Pilot been picked up and they'd re-shot it. I know what you mean though. Grant said the original script was brimming with pathos and didn't have enough jokes... the U.S. script was the opposite, and the jokes weren't that funny.
Just to put this out there, I once had a room-mate that I absolutely enjoyed fighting with. No that wasn't the only thing I enjoyed doing with him, but we had very specific rules when it came to fighting. One of those was, if we had any bruises from our previous fight, then next fight would not take place until the bruises were gone. I also absolutely loved our conversations, and that we enjoyed the same kinds of music. When he got reassigned, he told me I was the best room-mate he had ever had. He also admitted to me that he never thought he would say that about anyone. If anyone had seen my arms at the time, they would have been convinced that he was a danger to me. They would have been wrong however. I enjoyed his company, and I enjoyed sparing with him.
brilliant a dwarfie for ever the new yacht is to be named red dwarf ! and sail the 7 seas Long live the crew of the jmc red dwarf big ups to you allfor the many years of side splitting laughter👍👍👍👍👍
The first Alien movie was made in 1979 and the second in 1986... Rob & Doug have actually cited the Alien movies as inspiration to their writings, Paul is mistaken in claiming they emerged at around the same time.
I saw an interview with Patrick Stewart where he said he was flipping through the channels and stumbled across Red Dwarf. As he reached to phone his lawyer to engage a lawsuit, he began laughing and put the phone back on the stand. He became an instant fan.
Yep, that's from the Red Dwarf A-Z featurette shown on BBC2 for the 10th anniversary in 1998. The bit with Patrick (who was actually hosting Red Dwarf Night) came under 'L' for Lawyer lol. It's also included on the Series 2 DVD.
If I had a time machine, I would go back to the moment when I learned about a British comedy called Red Dwarf. I watched them on PBS in the US of A in the mid-90s. Absolute genius. I try not to hate on Norman for leaving but dammit man. Sometimes you have to check yourself for the greater good of humanity.
I miss when Netflix had gems like this and old movies and tv shows and foreign classics. Now it’s the Walmart bargain barrel selection and their original shows and that’s it 👎 so glad I watched this show on repeat before they took it down.
It turns out the actor playing rimmer came from a posh and snidey background. The cat really has great style in real life, and Lister just wanted to be human. They are all their characters in one way or another.
Don't think it's gonna happen mate. The last one kind of felt like the end of it. Kept hoping for that movie, but after this long the light of hope dims more and more. It's almost gone, now but an ember still smolders.
Bought Backwards on holiday with my dad. He fell asleep in the car. Read the whole thing. Last human is fucking amazing. Infinity welcomes careful drivers I have bought several times for people because it's amazing. Bought a first edition of better than life for an ex and left it with her like a fool. The books are absolutely amazingly well written.
Was introduced to Red Dwarf during a PBS marathon after most of the series had already been released. They were running the seasons in order but I found out later on that they were running each series from the last episode of that season to the first. Frelling smeggers!
Maybe I’m drawing together entirely separate years of tv but Friday nights in the 90s were pure gold enjoyment due to shooting stars, the fast show & red dwarf. Then later on father Ted & eurotrash.
22:41 that’s hilarious! The first time I ever watched the show I thought he was a homosexual vampire. But I was so high I thought they were speaking German. And this is when Kryten was a regular character so I don’t think there was any more Esperanto jokes
Red Dwarf XIII will most likely be filmed very soon, this autumn 2019 (it is now September 5th 2019 as I type this) and it looks set to air in 2020 on Dave Channel once again.
I'm so offended by your comment. I must now form a support group on Twitter for the victims of your comment, and go and dwell in my safe space for a few hours, to get over the trauma. lol
@@SimmeringPotpourri It was quite non-PC tbh. It was nice to have a bit of a middle-ground in the 90s, but now PC culture has gone a bit crazy in the last 5-6 years. But it was a more fun time for a lot of people. A lot of novelty songs in the pop charts. Zany clothes. People seemed to have better wages for the inflation of the time etc. I was born in '81, but even I remember how fun it was. lol But in general, no, I wouldn't say that the 80s in the UK was particularly PC. lol
That's basically correct. The word police started in the 80's with things like "vertically challenged" instead of short. Policy-wise, it didn't really kick in until the 90's. I coached little league baseball in '93 and that was my first experience with not keeping score in sports. The funny thing is that what we're currently dealing with was predicted both by writes at the time AND us regular folk trying to explain to 6-year-olds why all the runs they just scored didn't add up to a win.
@@SimmeringPotpourri In the UK the seeds were sown in the 80s... but it wasn't PC generally. The 90s is where it started but compared to today... can we turn the clock back please?
The 2nd greatest episode in any comedy in the history of comedy shows. Obviously the greatest is the "over the top" Black Adder episode. But the Red Dwarf episode "Back to Reality" is a close 2nd......💖🇬🇧
I'm glad they reworked it. I just assumed that his big nostrils and snidiness were kinda natural, which he in part admits when he says he can relate to the private school thing because he was like that. Lol He really is perfect and when they had the sea of dead rimmer's I was actually sad. He plays a great asshole and they wrote him really well.
First episode I saw was 'Waiting for God" so I knew no back story, what the fuck is this about? I was hooked. Back then I had to wait for it to be repeated before I could see the first 3 episodes.
I wonder what percentage of the budget went straight into the bank accounts of the executive producers, producers and people like Peter Scott before any is spent on the actors, sets, writers, music, special effects etc. It was interesting Doug Naylor wondered where the money went. I think we all know, Doug.
@Simon Simon Yeah, I tend to see an equal amount of cries of "left wing bias!" and "right wing bias!" about the BBC from people I assume are massively biased to the left or right themselves. Personally I don't care, I think the BBC is great. In my opinion the license fee is a better deal than Sky, Netflix or Amazon Prime. This comment not subsidised by the BBC.
10:30 is that what vindaloo means in the show? Just anything with curry. Because only a few episodes and I was expecting him to come out with “mayonnaise vindaloo” “wet rag vindaloo” “hey I’m going to the store does anybody want anything vindaloo“
How come Peter Ridesdale Scott didn't take part in the Series I and II documentaries on The Bodysnatcher Collection DVD (2007)? He appeared in The First Three Million Years 3-part documentary on Dave just a few years ago.
@@stickytapenrust6869 Hopefully not the latter as it's really thanks to him as well as Paul Jackson Red Dwarf ever happened as he mentions around 16:03-16:33.
23.20.. keep the standard up!!! ??? what happened at series 7... i think we all know..... red dwarf to me is 1-6 after then the standard dropped.... but what a show....
Agreed, nothing beyond series 6 has had that magic. Apart from a few moments here and there. I think there are a number of reasons why: 1. The characters have started to become 90% focused on their 'quirky' traits, rather than having more rounded people. Cat became extra stupid, Rimmer extra annoying etc. The same thing happened with later seasons of Friends. 2. The core aspects that made Red Dwarf appeal to me got lost. The '4 guys stuck with each other, with no women' and the 'really innovative sci-fi scenarios that they always manage to mess up somehow, leaving them back at square one'. 3. The loss of low budget looking (these days) but surprisingly effective effects. A bit like how Jaws worked so well because they used the limitations to their advantage. The use of bigger sets and higher quality visuals in later series feels like they are filling the space that should contain great stories and humour. Part of the reason something like Cheers worked for so many years is because they didn't change the core location or character set in any big ways.
I think its because Chris Barrie left after season 6 and they brought that cloe antwentte i think that's how you spell her name as fit and sexy as she was it just didn't work so Barrie had to come back
The real cult following of the 1st series was in the services. The humour was straight military, the harshness, the piss taking, it was all anyone I knew on the service was talking about that first year......💖🇬🇧
